DISCOVERING BINDINGS use ":help {key}^D" to find out if a key is used for some command. ({key} is the specific key you want to find out about, ^D is CTRL-D)
HELP WITH MAPPINGS https://neovim.io/doc/user/map.html
FILES [a previous in arg list ]a next in arg list [A first in arg list ]A last in arg list [f prev in dir by alpha ]f next in dir by alpha [F first in dir by alpha ]F last in dir by alpha
BUFFERS http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Easier_buffer_switching :bufdo do the following command in all buffers :ls list all buffers (aka :buffers) :b change to buffer (aka :bu :buf :buffer) [b previous ]b next [B first ]B last
WINDOWS ctrl-[hjkl] Navigate Windows
TABS http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Tabs http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Using_tab_pages http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Quick_tips_for_using_tab_pages :tabedit {file} edit specified file in a new tab :tabfind {file} open a new tab with filename given, searching the 'path' to find it :tabclose close current tab :tabclose {i} close i-th tab :tabonly close all other tabs (show only the current tab) :tab ball show each buffer in a tab (up to 'tabpagemax' tabs) :tab help open a new help window in its own tab page :tab drop {file} open {file} in a new tab, or jump to a window/tab containing the file if there is one :tab split copy the current window to a new tab of its own :tabs list all tabs including their displayed windows :tabm 0 move current tab to first :tabm move current tab to last :tabm {i} move current tab to position i+1 :tabn go to next tab :tabp go to previous tab :tabfirst go to first tab :tablast go to last tab T make it a tab gt go to next tab gT go to previous tab {i}gt go to tab in position i
LOCATION LIST [l previous ]l next [L first ]L last
QUICKFIX LIST [q quickfix previous ]q quickfix next [Q quickfix first ]Q quickfix next
TAGS [t prev ]t next [T first ]T last
SCM CONFLICTS (DIFFS) [n Previous ]n Next
COLUMNS MOTIONS jk move left/right 0 move to column zero (beginning of line) | move to column zero (beginning of line) $ move to end of line
BLOCK MOTIONS () move back/forward one sentence [] move to next/prev curly-bracket sections {} move to next/previous blank-line separated section % go to other side of braces
TEXT OBJECT MOTIONS (Operator Mode) an 'around text object delimited by n' in inside text object delimited by n
CHAR MOTIONS tk move fwd until character k Tk move bak until character k fk move fwd to character k Fk move bak to character k ; repeat last 'f', 'F', 't', or 'T' Command
WORD MOTIONS w move fwd to start of word W move fwd to start of WORD e move fwd to end of word E move fwd to end of WORD b move bak to start of word B move bak to start of WORD
TAG MOTIONS gd will take you to the local declaration. gD will take you to the global declaration.
LINE MOTIONS jk move down, up forward one screen backward one screen down half-screen gg goes to the first line in the buffer (or provide a count before the command for a specific line). G goes to the last line (or provide a count before the command for a specific line). linenum shift-G goes to the line number ^ move to first non-whitespace of line _ move to first non-whitespace of line
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move to first non-whitespace of next line
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move to first non-whitespace of previous line
NAVIGATING MARKS 'k move to mark, first non-whitespace `k move to marked line, memorized column mk set mark k to cursor position
FILTERING = filter through external program
LINE-WISE OPERATIONS [ add whitespace one line up ] remove whitespace one line up down-arrow add whitespace one line down shit down-arrow remove whitespace one line down [e swap with prev line ]e swap with next line
CHANGING / REPLACING c[movement] change characters in movements (delete them and goto insert mode) nsk change n characters (delete them and goto insert mode) nrk delete n characters and fill with k
INSERTING iI insert to the left of point / line aA insert to the right of point / line
INDENTING / SHIFTING / FORMATTING http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Fix_indentation <> indent visual selection left / right one shiftwidth n<> indent n line left / right one shiftwidth
UNDO u undo last change U DEFAULT: restore last line to previous state (undoable) U MINE: redo last change c-r redo last change
COPY-PASTE (Visual Mode) v[movements] Enter Visual Mode and select some text y Copy Visual Selection d Cut Visual Selection
COPY-PASTE (Normal-Mode) d[motion] Cut text defined by motion to default register dd Cut line to default register y[motion] Copy text defined by motion to default register yy Copy line to default register p Paste from default register
COPY-PASTE (SPECIAL-REGISTERS)
- is system clipboard for windows
- is system clipboard for osx "ky[motion] Copy text defined by motion to register k "Ky[motion] Append text defined by motion to register k "kp Paste text in register k :reg List defined registers
p Paste after linewise, increasing indent P Paste before linewise, increasing indent
DELETING xX delete to the right/left of point J Join Lines dd Delete line d[motion] delete through that motion
CASE-CHANGES gU[motion] uppercase change gu[motion] lower case change
SEARCH /regexp Find regexp forward ?regexp Find regexp backward nN Next / Prev find g* search for the word under the cursor (like , but g on 'rain' will find words like 'rainbow'). g# same as g* but in backward direction.
SEARCH & REPLACE http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Search_and_replace http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Search_and_replace_in_multiple_buffers :%s/foo/bar/g Find each occurrence of 'foo' (in all lines), and replace it with 'bar'. :s/foo/bar/g Find each occurrence of 'foo' (in the current line only), and replace it with 'bar'. :%s/foo/bar/gc Change each 'foo' to 'bar', but ask for confirmation first. :%s/<foo>/bar/gc Change only whole words exactly matching 'foo' to 'bar'; ask for confirmation. :%s/foo/bar/gci Change each 'foo' (case insensitive due to the i flag) to 'bar'; ask for confirmation. :%s/foo/bar/gcI Change each 'foo' (case sensitive due to the I flag) to 'bar'; ask for confirmation. :.,+2s/foo/bar/g Change each 'foo' to 'bar' for the current line (.) and the two next lines (+2). :g/^baz/s/foo/bar/g Change each 'foo' to 'bar' in each line starting with 'baz'. :.,$s/foo/bar/g Change each 'foo' to 'bar' for all lines from the current line (.) to the last line ($) inclusive. :'a,'bs/foo/bar/g Change each 'foo' to 'bar' for all lines from mark a to mark b inclusive :5,12s/foo/bar/g Change each 'foo' to 'bar' for all lines from line 5 to line 12 (inclusive).
MACROS http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Macros qq Record your macro @ Play your macro back
LINE-WISE ACTIONS :[range]g/pattern/cmd executing the Ex command cmd for each line matching pattern in a range
XML [x{motion} encode [xx encode tag? {Visual}[x encode ]x{motion} decode ]xx decode {Visual}]x decode
URLs [u{motion} encode [uu encode {Visual}[u encode ]u{motion} decode ]uu decode {Visual}]u decode
C Strings [y{motion} encode [yy encode {Visual} encode ]y{motion} decode }yy decode {Visual}]y decode